http://blog.makezine.com DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Tue, 21 May 2013 09:46:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/dab43acfe30c0e28a023bb3b7a700440?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://blog.makezine.com Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/Y03voHEYxgI/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-fish-shaped-tablecloth-weights/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:38 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309215 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-fish-shaped-tablecloth-weights/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kalinkahandmade_tablecloth_weight.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="kalinkahandmade_tablecloth_weight" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Make a set of cute fish-shaped tablecloth weights with this tutorial from Kalinka Handmade!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-fish-shaped-tablecloth-weights/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309215&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/Y03voHEYxgI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-fish-shaped-tablecloth-weights/feed/ 0 kalinkahandmade_tablecloth_weight thezenofmaking kalinkahandmade_tablecloth_weight http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-fish-shaped-tablecloth-weights/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/R-r8grbL2r0/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-modern-plastic-canvas-wall-art/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:27 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309210 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-modern-plastic-canvas-wall-art/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/craftypod_plastic_canvas_wall_art_01.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="craftypod_plastic_canvas_wall_art_01" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Give any room a crafty, stylish makeover with this fun modern plastic canvas wall art tutorial from Diane at CraftyPod!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-modern-plastic-canvas-wall-art/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309210&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/R-r8grbL2r0" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-modern-plastic-canvas-wall-art/feed/ 0 craftypod_plastic_canvas_wall_art_01 thezenofmaking craftypod_plastic_canvas_wall_art_01 craftypod_plastic_canvas_wall_art_02 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-modern-plastic-canvas-wall-art/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/7qntluBmO0M/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/flashback-spring-doily-sleeved-top/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:53 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309226 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/flashback-spring-doily-sleeved-top/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/craft_spring_doily_top.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="craft_spring_doily_top" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Living with most of my belongings in boxes and on a super tight ( aka zero dollar) budget I have found that creativity is a must for adding some fling to my spring wardrobe.<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/flashback-spring-doily-sleeved-top/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309226&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/7qntluBmO0M" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/flashback-spring-doily-sleeved-top/feed/ 0 craft_spring_doily_top thezenofmaking craft_spring_doily_top Spring Doily Top Step1 Spring Doily Top Step2 Spring Doily Top Step3 Spring Doily Top Step4 Spring Doily Top Step5 Spring Doily Top Step6 Spring Doily Top Step7 Spring Doily Top Step8 Spring Doily Top Step9 Spring Doily Top Step10 Spring Doily Top Step11 Author Jessica Wilson 2 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/flashback-spring-doily-sleeved-top/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/aYyemOX85S4/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-kitty-cat-donuts/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:49 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309220 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-kitty-cat-donuts/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/mypapercrane_cat_donuts_01.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="mypapercrane_cat_donuts_01" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Transform plain donuts into squee-worthy treats with this awesome and adorable cat donut tutorial!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-kitty-cat-donuts/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309220&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/aYyemOX85S4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-kitty-cat-donuts/feed/ 0 mypapercrane_cat_donuts_01 thezenofmaking mypapercrane_cat_donuts_01 mypapercrane_cat_donuts_02 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-kitty-cat-donuts/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/hLhCJy9O9Fo/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-real-flower-necklace/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:48 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309203 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-real-flower-necklace/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/thegreendandelion_real_flower_necklace_01.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="TheGreenDandelion_real_flower_necklace_01" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Make your own beautiful, wearable spray rose jewelry with this simple flower necklace tutorial!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-real-flower-necklace/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309203&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/hLhCJy9O9Fo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-real-flower-necklace/feed/ 0 TheGreenDandelion_real_flower_necklace_01 thezenofmaking TheGreenDandelion_real_flower_necklace_01 TheGreenDandelion_real_flower_necklace_02 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-real-flower-necklace/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/F-t3c--Iy4o/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/kanye-shutter-shades-from-venetian-blinds/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:58 +0000 Andrew Salomone http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=309040 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/kanye-shutter-shades-from-venetian-blinds/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kanye-shutter-shades-1.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="kanye-shutter-shades-1" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Looking for ways to make your window coverings more fashionable? Maybe you should consider taking a page out of artist Adam Parker's book with this clever piece, which mashes up popular culture and interior design. <p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/kanye-shutter-shades-from-venetian-blinds/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=309040&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/F-t3c--Iy4o" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/kanye-shutter-shades-from-venetian-blinds/feed/ 0 kanye-shutter-shades-1 snaghazzard kanye-shutter-shades-1 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/kanye-shutter-shades-from-venetian-blinds/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/svVHoSAA9qY/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/animal-sculptures-from-pipe-cleaners/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:36 +0000 Andrew Salomone http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=308813 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/animal-sculptures-from-pipe-cleaners/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaner-3.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaner-3" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Artist Lauren Ryan managed to make this unbelievably realistic sculptures of animals from nothing but pipe cleaners!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/animal-sculptures-from-pipe-cleaners/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=308813&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/svVHoSAA9qY" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/animal-sculptures-from-pipe-cleaners/feed/ 0 lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaner-3 snaghazzard lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaners-1 lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaner-3 lauren-ryan-pipe-cleaners-2 http://blog.makezine.com/craft/animal-sculptures-from-pipe-cleaners/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/WUskXiBpqPg/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/craft-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-38/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 19:00:49 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=308952 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/craft-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-38/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/01_bobbin_lace_walkthrough_flickr_roundup.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="01_Bobbin_Lace_Walkthrough_flickr_roundup" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/craft-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-38/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=308952&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/WUskXiBpqPg" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/craft-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-38/feed/ 1 01_Bobbin_Lace_Walkthrough_flickr_roundup thezenofmaking 01_Bobbin_Lace_Walkthrough_flickr_roundup 02_Patchwork_Pal_flickr_roundup 03_candy_cane_yarn_flickr_roundup 04_Vinyl_Lightning_flickr_roundup 05_Little_Goose_flickr_roundup http://blog.makezine.com/craft/craft-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-38/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/yySIvI9o6Ck/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/crochet-jam-weaving-community-through-crochet-at-maker-faire-bay-area/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 17:53:10 +0000 Laura Cochrane http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=308983 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/crochet-jam-weaving-community-through-crochet-at-maker-faire-bay-area/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/ramekon1.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="ramekon" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area in the Textile Talk Lounge, artist Ramekon O&#8217;Arwisters gave a compelling talk on his social and artistic project, called Crochet Jam. Ramekon goes out into the community and teaches people how to crochet, and then lets them loose to work on a collaborative tapestry. [&hellip;]<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/crochet-jam-weaving-community-through-crochet-at-maker-faire-bay-area/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=308983&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/yySIvI9o6Ck" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/crochet-jam-weaving-community-through-crochet-at-maker-faire-bay-area/feed/ 0 ramekon lauracochrane IMG_1694 ramekon http://blog.makezine.com/craft/crochet-jam-weaving-community-through-crochet-at-maker-faire-bay-area/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/craftzine/~3/jjdclqbPfiA/ http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-lace-crowns/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:27 +0000 Haley Pierson-Cox http://blog.makezine.com/?post_type=craft&p=308714 <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-lace-crowns/"><img width="200" height="200" src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/morenascorner_lace_crown.jpg?w=200&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-archive-thumb wp-post-image" alt="morenascorner_lace_crown" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" /></a>Make fancy lace crowns and tiaras that are perfect for kids parties and playing dress-up!<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-lace-crowns/">Read the full article on MAKE</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.makezine.com&#038;blog=30206320&#038;post=308714&#038;subd=makezineblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craftzine/~4/jjdclqbPfiA" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-lace-crowns/feed/ 0 morenascorner_lace_crown thezenofmaking morenascorner_lace_crown http://blog.makezine.com/craft/how-to-lace-crowns/